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Anyhow , for whatever reason , the accumulation of “ useless ” knowledge is one of the pleasantest things in life . It commits us to nothing , it costs us nothing ( except time , and sometimes money , both of which ...
Anyhow , for whatever reason , the accumulation of “ useless ” knowledge is one of the pleasantest things in life . It commits us to nothing , it costs us nothing ( except time , and sometimes money , both of which ...
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In another such poem , this time from the ancient Chinese Book of Songs ( 800–600 B.C. ) , the stanzas go round and round the ten months of the Chinese year , sometimes mentioning the weather , sometimes the crops to be planted or ...
In another such poem , this time from the ancient Chinese Book of Songs ( 800–600 B.C. ) , the stanzas go round and round the ten months of the Chinese year , sometimes mentioning the weather , sometimes the crops to be planted or ...
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Translation of the notes of a song into spelled - out syllables or into words or phrases is of course strictly impossible , and when attempts at it do sometimes prove helpful , as with “ Peabody , Peabody ” for the song of the white ...
Translation of the notes of a song into spelled - out syllables or into words or phrases is of course strictly impossible , and when attempts at it do sometimes prove helpful , as with “ Peabody , Peabody ” for the song of the white ...
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
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| Title | Something about Swans: Essays |
| Author | Madeleine Doran |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0299061701, 9780299061708 |
| Length | 118 pages |
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